A portion of 29-acre field being strip cropped. Plowed strips were seeded to fescue, orchard grass and clover this fall. Alternate strips will be plowed next spring and planted to corn. Class IV and VI land.4 mi. NE Woodbusy on Hwy. 53.

Farm owner

Melton, W.C.;

Contextual note

One in a series of photographs of agricultural activities in Cannon County, TN that were taken by W.L. Clement, District Conservationist for the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, and his assistants between the mid-1940s and mid-1970s.

Collection Name

Photographs of W.L. Clement, U.S. Soil Conservation Service

ID Number

T-835-9

Subject-LCSH

Contour farming;

Subject-TGM

Photographic prints

Geographic Location

Cannon County (Tenn.)

Community Name

Woodbury;

Soil Conservation District or Watershed

TN-SCD-19; Stones River

Type

Image

Format

jpeg

Genre

Photograph

Extent

Approx. 5" x 3.5"

Copyright status

Publication of the United States government. Not copyrighted

Conditions for use

May be freely reproduced. Please credit the original photograph to: United States Soil Conservation Service. Credit the source of the digital item to: Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University.

Digital Publisher

Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University